Peter, like all the work shop participants, is just starting to learn English. Unlike European languages, the structure and grammer of the Khmer language does not share Latin roots with English, making it very hard to master. The two languages do not even share a common alphabet and Khmer is written from left to right.

My thanks to Robert, a pen name as required under Cambodian privacy regulations)

for allowing me to publish this very interesting well written story.

"How We Feel When We Are Travelling"

by Robert

People like travelling when they’re having a holiday.

They want to know the differences between places. They want to show how they are feeling when they arevisiting the places that they don’t know.

For me, when I am travelling I want to see a lot ofthings that I have never known before and I want toknow exactly what that place is like. How surprised Iwould be when I see that place!

Actually people travel for different reasons, butespecially for me, I travel to know many things. Whatnew kind of animal will I see? Are all the people thesame? How many types of buildings can I see? Is it agood place for me to visit? I want to answer all of thesequestions, but can I really imagine the new place?